In by the back door?

I have very mixed emotions about genetically modified food and other organisms. I dropped my membership in Greenpeace sometime ago over their absolute rejection of genetic modification. I am also convinced that some forms of intensive farming will be required to feed the over nine billion hungry mouths that the planet will have in about forty years. I also think that GM technology has a place. Increased drought tolerance, vitamin content etc are all aspects of GM crops that will almost certainly be required. However appropriate testing of environmental impact and effects on human health is required. There also need to be strictly enforced and designed control protocols to ensure that these crops are controlled in the testing process and afterwards. These protocols clearly do not exist in the US and other countries.

However until all of these are in place we need to ensure that the British government doesn't sneak GM into the country whilst our attention is elsewhere.